One of the most interesting things to me about the stock market is that there really are as many different ways to invest your money as the human brain can imagine. That’s one of the reasons that there are so many different kinds of mutual fund and ETF choices geared for the average investor. One […]
Read MoreThroughout the past year and a half, stocks in the Health Care sector have drawn a lot of attention from investors and analysts. That includes stocks in the Pharmacy/Drugstore industry; these were names, like Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) and CVS Corporation (CVS) that worked actively in the early stages of the crisis to provide a […]
Read MoreIf you listen to a lot of “talking head” market analysts on TV, when a popular, well-known stock starts to drop in price, you’ll almost always start hearing about what a great deal the stock is at that price, and how you should “buy the dip” to take advantage of the next swing upward. For […]
Read MoreIf you’re like me, you’re probably more than a little bit tired of hearing all of the talk about coronavirus and its impact on daily life. That’s a big reason, I think that the market rebounded so quickly from pandemic-driven, bear market lows that took about a month to be seen from the market’s high […]
Read MoreOne of the biggest themes that just about all of us have been paying attention to in one way or another in 2021 is the reopening of social activities from 2020, COVID-driven shutdowns and restrictions. While the pandemic is far from over, previously hampered industries like restaurants, hotels, travel and resorts have resumed operations, with […]
Read MoreThe longer a bull market lasts, the more extended price valuations become. The longer that condition continues, the harder it becomes for value-oriented investors to justify long-term investments in most of the stocks, industries and sectors that everybody else is talking about. I think this is a pretty good description of current market conditions, as […]
Read MoreOne of the fairly consistent themes of 2021 has been the impact of the global pandemic on different pockets of the economy. While everybody is anxious to look past the days of social isolation, quarantine and shelter-in-place requirements at the early stages of the crisis, and talk about seeing life get “back to normal,” the […]
Read MoreOne of the interesting trends that seems to inevitably come out of periods of economic uncertainty is investor rotation into “defensive” sectors, which usually includes Utilities, Consumer Staples and other pockets of the market that investors tend to think of as safe havens when market uncertainty is high. Another favorite topic analysts seem to like […]
Read MoreThroughout 2021, investors have increasingly been looking for reasons to look ahead – past the pandemic and to the day when we can finally say the whole thing is in the past. Many hoped that, with vaccinations becoming increasingly available, we would finally be able to stop talking about COVID-19 and its variants and start […]
Read MoreI find it interesting that even when conditions are uncertain, there are companies in normally cyclical industries that find new ways to succeed. Sometimes that is planned, and sometimes it happens to be the opportunistic happenstance of being in just the right place at the right time. Some of the most obvious examples of what […]
Read MoreOver the last year or so, it has been interesting to see a number of normally unremarkable, under-the-radar stocks get a lot of attention in the marketplace for different reasons. Earlier this year, the so-called “meme stocks” were getting a lot of buzz, as investors used social media platforms like Reddit to compare notes about […]
Read MoreThe Technology sector has been a bright spot throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the reasons the sector has led the market for most of the past year and a half is because so much of the shift to remote, work-from-home operations for corporate America, and contactless sales and delivery methods now being used by […]
Read MoreThere is a pretty significant difference in the way different investors perceive a stock in a long-term upward trend. For growth oriented-investors, the longer the upward trend, the more attractive the stock is, simply because the expectation is that the longer, bullish trend will outlast any near-term, bearish sentiment or momentum the stock may see. […]
Read MoreAs a value investor, the search for stocks trading at useful values gets more difficult the longer bullish conditions extend themselves. In the last week week, the market has broken above top-end resistance and appears set to extend the market’s bullish run even more. That’s generally good news for stocks you’re already holding, but it […]
Read MorePlus, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank is likely to begin tapering before the end of this year, Apple announced App Store updates, and Rivian Automotive confidentially filed to go public.
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